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Chicago examiner vol xii no 36 a m sunday Chicago march 10 1912 sunday price five cents foreign troops called to guard legations in mexico city diplomats after secret meet ing cable their govern ments for armed soldiers 1,500 men are expected german minister first to ask for marines death to americans is cry of mobs as trains leave for border rebel general rojas loots juarez branch of national , bank of 20,000 pesos u.s orders more men to texas mexico city march 9 at a secret meeting of foreign diplomats held last night it was decided to call on their re spective governments to send corps of ma rines to protect each foreign legation ln the city of mexico if this request is granted by the different governments it will bring about 1,500 armed foreign soldiers into the heart of the city ' it is understood here that the german minister was the first to ask for marines death to americans cry mexicans monterey mex march 9 the situ ation in the south is reported to be critical by refugees arriving here to-day the anti american feeling is rapidly spreading and thousands of americans are in exposed po sitions without means of leaving the coun try protective organizations are being formed among these in case of an attack iu mexico city every outgoing train ls surrounoed by bands ef mexicans shout ing death to the americanos in torreon several hundred americans are marooned and the city is surrounded by rebels in guadalajara aguas cali entes san luis potosi and durango the anti-american feeling is spreading and af fairs are also said to be critical rojas loots juarez bank el paso march 9 general rojas has tooted the juarez branch of the national bank of mexico of 20,000 pesos which re mained ln its vaults this was admitted by fernandez alonso manager of the branch bank to-day the work of opening the vaults began thursday and waa completed last night tke outer door of the vault was wrenched ff with crowbars and the inner doors of the vault dynamited rojas declares that the money belongs to the government and that he is its proper custodian this is denied by alonzo who is a spanish subject most of the funds were removed at thc time the garrison mutinied more troops for border guard washington march 9.-owing to the constant reports of danger from marauding bands of mexicans in the big bend country of texas it was deemed advisable to-day to strengthen the patrolling force in that ection orders were issued to-day for three troops of the third cavalry to pro ceed from san antonio to the border american faces loss of 300,000 in mexico washington d c march 9.â€”fur ther evidence of the alarming condition of affairs iu mexico was laid before the hoube committee ou military affairs to day by george willis scott an ameri can whose mining and ranching interests j iu mexico valued at 5300,000 are threat ! cued with destructiou or confiscation by i the rebels in the absence of residen raft mr j scott appealed to the n .-.-., .,. committee on foreign affairs he described the sit ! uation iu mexico us being one of complete | anarchy and stated that unless troops are i hurried over the border the property of ] every american ln mexico will be de | btroyed mr scott bus appealed in vain to presi dent madero with whom he is well ac quainted to protect his interests orders hurrying two more troops of cav alry to eagle pass where the national mexican railway enters the united states were dispatched to general duncan to-day so bold have mexican banditti operating as insurrectos become that they make daily excursions over the border into amer ican territory where they pillage ranches and rob travelers at will safe in the knowledge that ijnitcd states troops can not pursue them back over the uio grande the statement was made at the war de partment to-day that it will be necessary to guard tlie entire border extending for r-are than ikk miles tvro regimeuts of i err of which the fourth will in all troimliii be one are expected to start i'm the uio giaude within the next few cujs extr a five killed by 500,000 fire in harvester plant walls fall outward and fight ers die spectators injured at winnipeg winnipeg man march 10 pire which started in the warehouse of the interna tional harvester company early this morn ing caused a loss estimated at more than 500,000 and the death of five persons three firemen and two unidentified men a number of onlookers were hurt by fly ing debris when the west wall of the building fell outward trolley wires and city lighting cables were carried down with the wall plunging the district ln darkness Taft gets delegates in new mexico also virginia tennessee president's manager claims rough rider state worried over in diana situation new york march 10.â€”the herald this morning publishes the result of a poll of the united states showing that president Taft is as sured of renominatlon on the first ballot in the Chicago convention the poll gives Taft 593 votes roose velt 277 lafollette 24 cummins 8 leaving 174 in the doubtful column the number needed to nominate is 539 washington d c march 9.â€”man ager mckinley of the Taft forces an nounced to-night that they have corralled the entire new mexico delegation of eight this ls in the rough rider country where the colonel was thought to be particularly strong this Taft victory ln the heart ef the country where it had been persistently al leged he was weak together with the fifth virginia district and second ten nessee district carried to-day raises the total number of delegates already chosen for mr Taft lo 104 declares mcklnley .. mr mcklnley further declared that president Taft was sure of the ninety new york delegates in the roosevelt headqaarters senator dixon called attention to the fact that the lower house of the massachusetts legislature has just passed the presiden tial primary bill this means he said tbat one branch of the legislature bas thrown off the crane machine in michigan he added the lower house passed a similar law the senate still controlled by reactionaries will make lt impossible to hold these presidential primaries within thirty days of the con vention so the primaries wui be held june 8 next with the vote that will be cast for roosevelt that day no delegate from mich igan would dare act against the over whelming voice of the people prophesied dixon to-nigbt i feel sure the entire michigan delegation will vote for roose velt Taft sentiment in ohio is falling accord ing to roosevelt headquarters i m fos ter secretary of the ohio republican state central committee is the latest to join the roosevelt forces it is known tbat the Taft managers are particularly un happy over indiana where the machine is badly shattered former senator hemen way joe kealing former state chairman goodrich former governor durbin and former representative watson are groom ing fairbanks for temporary chairman and also as a compromise should a deadlock develop s one bit of cheer for roosevelt jefferson citi mo march 9 roosevelt leads Taft in the number of in structed delegates elected to-day to the fourteenth missoari congressional district convention gabrielle ray admits ruse says aversion to picture men changed church wedding plans special cable to the examiner london march 9.â€”an aversion for newspaper photographers is now offered by gabrielle ray musical comedy star as an explanation of her failure to appear at st edward's church in windsor on the day set for her marriage to eric loder at the time she feigned illness and said the ceremony wonld not take place before the following week but instead she met loder early the next morning and they plighted their troth and slipped away on their l honeymoon successfully evuding the pic berlin's lord mayor quits special cable to thc examiner â€¢ berlin march 9.â€”k a martin kirsch ner to-day announced his intention of re signing as lord mayor f berlin an office be has occupied since apg he is seventy years of age h two killed it crash on grade crossing another pair narrowly escape death in similar accident one man injured no flagman no gate mandatory ordinance to wipe out menace to life is only relief says owens the dead hyman rosenheim street car conductor darts laborer a passenger the cause failure of railroads entering Chicago to elevate their tracks two men were killed one injured snd two others narrowly escaped death yes terday as the result of two collisions of street cars with railrooad trains running into Chicago on the surface rather thai run their cars bebiud schedule 4 the mo tonnen took chances guessed they could beat the trains and guessed wrongly there ls no flagman at the sixty-third street railroad crossing and there ls no automatic gate to stop traffic at right angles when trains are passing john wunderlich 6941 south throop street was motorman on the westbound sixty-third street car which met the more serious nccident killing two men he was running his car full speed ln order to clear the railroad tracks at south forty-sixth avenue there were two tracks to be passed planned wait between two tracks as i approached the tracks said wun derllch afterward i saw two freight trains coming one was a northbound bal timore & ohio train the other a south bound train of the union transfer railway company i didn't figure that i could beat both of them but there is a space of a hun dred feet or so between the tracks and i thought i could wait ln that space be tween the two trains we passed the northbound train all right and then i found i could not stop quickly enough to keep off the track of the southbound train there was only one thing to do and that is what i did i let the car go at full speed so as to get past both trainsâ€”and i couldn't quite do lt i got the front part over but then i heard a great crash be hind me and i was tossed away from the controller thrown to track and killed wunderlich did not see the rest of what happened the locomotive of the south boa nd train struck the rear of the car where conductor rosenheim was standing talking with the only passenger on the car the car was wrecked and the two men on the rear platform were thrown to the railroad track where they were crushed to death wunderlich himself was injured al though in the front part of the car he was cut on the face and head and right leg but after his injuries had been dressed he was placed under arrest and will be held pending the inquest over the bodies the englewood police also ar rested harry l lane engineer of the union transfer train frank mausolf fire man and c f ploutz conductor Chicago has 175 miles of snrface road bed declared elevation expert owens in commenting on the sixty-third street accident he had not at that time been informed of a second and similar accident at the ffity-second avenue crossing of the Illinois central tracks one hundred and seventy-five miles of roadbedâ€”and that means about twelve hundred miles of trackage it's no wonder that these un fortunate accidents will occur the only thing that can prevent such tragedies is the compulsory elevation of all steam railroad tracks and we have not the legal means at present to make the rail roads do it mandatory ordinance only relief we need a mandatory ordinance noth ing else will be any good the only kind of ordinances we have had on the subject before has beeu the contract ordinance which amounts to nothing more than a proposition made to the railroads by the city that kind of an ordinance can be accepted nr ejected by the railroad com panies : i.tx even if they accept it they still have seven or eight years to comply | with it i the second accident was similar ln char i acter to the first although the result by good fortune did not include loss of life " michael gould motorman on a county traction company car thought he could cross the Illinois central tracks at fifty second avenue ahead of a passeuger train the trolley slipped from the wire and the car stopped on the tracks the rear end of the car colliding with the locomotive the car was wrecked but nobody was hurt be cause there were no passengers on the street car want strike children philadelphia pa march one hundred children of the striking mill work lers of lawrence mass are promised | clamoring foster parents ln philadel phia who wish to care for them until the trouble ln lawrence is over a telegram was received at the headquarters of the socialist party here to-day saying that unless the strike were ended before next | week another detachment wonld be sent ln addition to the forty-nine youngsters cow being cared for ln homes here the children will have opportunity to attend school whtie tmtt j0 all mill wages in mew england go up move to end lawrence strike agreed on at boston state house conference from 5 to 15 per cent 80,000 operatives to benefit by raise conceded by ameri can woolen company boston march !).â€” as a result of the most important conference looking to a settlement of the lawrence textile strike held to-day at ihe state house at the in stance of the legislative ' committee on conciliation it was i creed to advance the wnges of all mill operatives in new eng land to-day's conference was the second meeting nt which agents of the american woolen company and a sub-committee of the industrial workers of the world strike committee nt i.nwrence had met in the presence of the legislative concilia tion committee lt was hoped that the american woolen company would be able to offer such a raise in wages as would induce the strik ers to go lincl to work it was reported that this raise would be from 5 to 15 per cent the average being 7.63 per cent while the advances agreed on to-day hnve not been definitely announced the 5 to 13 per cent increase is generally ac cepted as about the figure decided on the increase will benefit between 20,000 and 22.000 operatives bringing the total number of mill operatives in new england who will participate in higher wages this month up to about 80,000 the lowell ad vance will become effective march 25 and that in salem march 11 the places affected by the increases are fltchburg blackstone maynard saxon ville lawrence lowell haverhill salem colllnsville dracut north andover plymouth methuen franklin uxbridge webster rochdale apd south royalton mass dover lebanon enfield and frank lin n h olneyville manton riverside harrisville and pascoag r l north vas salboro skowhegan fairfield madison dover and old town me burlington and wiuooski vt and moosup conn a committee from boston ls ln lawrence investigating the alleged clubbing of women nnd children at the railroad sta tion february 4 when the police prevent ed the departure of strikers children and lt ls stated that criminal prosecution will be instituted should sufficient evidence be secured congressman edward w town send of new jersey also is in lawrence investigating conditions n y central still lacs ten of eleven trains in Chicago 16 minutes to 1 1-2 hours late following is a record of the arrival of new york central trains in Chicago yes terday lake shore & michigan southekn doe arrired no 6â€”buÂ«Â«lo Â«â€¢* chicÂ»Â«o special 7-jÂ»Â«.m 8:15 m no 9 1..11:'43Â».m 12:45p.m no 15â€”new tork boston â€¢ nd chlmfo 12-^o-p.nu 1:10p.m ua 19â€”lake shore limited 4:00 p.m 4*o p.m uo 23â€”bis four 5:55 p.m 8:25 p.m michigan central due arltrt ho 3â€”fwt mall 8:45 a.m 10:15 a.m no isâ€”new england wol erii,e 5:30p.m 4:15p.m no 17â€”wolverine 3:00p.m i 4.1p.m n 48 12:80 p.m 1 00 p.m w 9â€”chtauto special 11:80 a.m 120 p.m no 28-rÃŸoston-cmoago exp 9:10 p.m 9:80 p.m buj h dim aittrad jje^l blu *â– â– >â– Â»"â€¢ am president taft's thrust at roosevelt's progressiveness in a Chicago speech when we go forward let us be sure that cur progress is genuine and not lustian lst us make certain that we are not preaching hot air president Taft in act of addressing coliseum crowd jeers and rioting end baden-powell speech oregon socialists stampede boy scout meeting and police make arrests pobtland ore march 9.â€”socialists 300 strong broke up the meeting of gen eral baden-powell here to-day and a riot call for the police rushed a score of blue coats to the gypsy smith auditorium where the meeting was held several were arrested buden-powell had heard that opponents here to his boy scout movement were many and he apparently expected trouble he flayed his accusers in the few words which he was able to say before the meet ing broke up in a riot he said the socialist antagonism to the boy scout movement ln the west is founded on lack of knowledge as to the purpose of the movement william watson the noted socialist publicist has asserted that whatever the boy scout proposition may be it certainly ls not antagonistic to so cialism jeers broke up the meeting kubelik finds an amati musician buys old violin in detroit discarded by orchestra player detjjoit mich march 9.â€”john steen a dealer ln antiques and curios stated to-day that when jan kubellk was here a fortnight ago he had sold him an amntl violin made in 1680 for 3,600 the in strument wau one recently discarded by hani welssn ann of the new york sym phony otrlicr.ra weisimann gave lt to a friend to dltpose of the latter sold lt to btwn for 25 hteen dlaoorered a piece ef wood glued on the inside deadening its one he removed thia and the violin mi perfeot i roosevelt decides to stump the nation will visit Illinois ohio and other states replying to Taft speeches oyster bay n y march 9.â€”colonel roosevelt will take the stump shortly to whoop up his campaign he made the de cision to-day after having thought over a telegram sent by governor stubbs of kan sas in which the urgency of a speech making tour was impressed the governor told colonel roosevelt that there are 1,000,000 voters in the western states who are maintaining a passive at titude in the campaign if the colonel goes out and stirs tbiugs up the governor promised he would swing these uncertain ones into line i have made up my mind that i shall have to make some speeches said colo nel roosevelt to-night i had hoped i could keep out of it tâ„¢t they are press ing me hard i don't know yet where i shall go or when i shall start but lt will be soon the colonel's managers particularly de sire him to speak in Illinois indiana michigan kansas pennsylvania and the new england states the ei-presldent will not overlook ohio but will take oc casion to reply in more than one speech there to president taft's attack yesterday on the roosevelt campaign issues \ the colonel will devote much energy on his speechmnking trip to the direct primary proposition i believe that if we had the direct pri maries we would without question win this flght he said to-night carnegie's doctor called new york march 9.â€”dr james ross a scotch surgeon who has attended an drew carnegie nt skiho castle arrived to day on the mauretania he said he was going ln response to an invitation by ca ble to see mr carnegie at hot springs ark dr host declined to discuss mr carnegie's health he said his visit to mr carnegie might be described as more of a friendly thin of a professional nature at mr carnerle'ii home to-night it was aid that he was offering from lumbago but wee getting ji nicely am . roosevelt doctrine a peril Taft declares recall of decisions would pro duce results which are beginnings and manifes tations of desdotism administration which has been successfully progres sive entitled to approval of people he says in speech attack on extremists is made before swedish american league thous ands hear executive in day such a government would lack in uniformity of law which is essential in justice and would produco that confusion and those exceptions in the application o law which are the be ginning and manifestation of despot ism the most abiding compliment which can be paid to the american ' people is to point to the fact that in the constitution which they framed and have maintained they have rec ognized the danger of hasty action and in checks and balances main tained a protection against it william howard Taft president of the united states paid his respects to theo dore roosevelt and defined and defended his own position iu the political struggle now under way in the republican party in the above words spoken last night at the banquet of the swedish-american re publican league at the congress hotel president Taft did not at any time call former president roosevelt by name he called him my distinguished predecessor nor did he in so many words intimate that the big stick is a despot but he did declare vigorously thnt the recallof judl â€¢ cial decisions advocnted by colonel roose velt marks the beginning and manifesta tion of despotism progressive is as progressive does said he and an administration which has been successfully progressive in deeds is entitled to the approval of the people king gustaf sends message a surprise was sprung upon president Taft and the officers of the swedish american republican league in the mid die of the dinner by the charge d'affaires of the swedish legation at washington w a f ekengren who sat at the table of honor four seats away from the presi dent as president Taft finished his speech the acting swedish minister rose and said he had something not on the programme in the shape of an autograph message frora king gustaf of sweden which be begged permission of i'resident Taft to read to the assembly president Taft bowed and smiled his as sent and minister ekengren read the fol lowing it is with great pleasure that i learn that so many american citizens of swed ish origin are assembled to commemorate this day on which fifty years ago the genius of a son of my country contributed to the welfare of the american people and to the cause of freedom feels glad and proud i see in the fact that the president of the united states honors your assembly with his presence a proof of the esteem and sympathy that the swedish name has won in america i need not say how glad and proud i feel on that account with these sentiments i send the swedish-americans of Chicago my friendly greetings on this memorable day gustay there was a storm of applause from the 1,100 guests present during which president Taft advanced from his seat shook the swedish minister's hand with effusion and said i am very much pleased accept my best thanks takes long breath here when i come to Chicago i always take a long breath and never let lt out until i get away said president Taft yesterday aa an example of sheer strenuositj president Taft who arrived in chlcsja yesterday morning at 7:40 and closed ms last reception before midnight will stand out in political history as a genuine pace raker he was constantly ln action fu attend ed fonr receptions and one mass eieeting m Chicago and vicinity â€” fair y and somewhat warmer sunday mon xc^pÃŸj \ t-'ay increasing cloudiness light to i?ef ' moderate winds becoming southerly 77 kange of temperatures yesterday mstf highest 38 irj lowest 17 arerage 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Chicago examiner vol xii no 36 a m sunday Chicago march 10 1912 sunday price five cents foreign troops called to guard legations in mexico city diplomats after secret meet ing cable their govern ments for armed soldiers 1,500 men are expected german minister first to ask for marines death to americans is cry of mobs as trains leave for border rebel general rojas loots juarez branch of national , bank of 20,000 pesos u.s orders more men to texas mexico city march 9 at a secret meeting of foreign diplomats held last night it was decided to call on their re spective governments to send corps of ma rines to protect each foreign legation ln the city of mexico if this request is granted by the different governments it will bring about 1,500 armed foreign soldiers into the heart of the city ' it is understood here that the german minister was the first to ask for marines death to americans cry mexicans monterey mex march 9 the situ ation in the south is reported to be critical by refugees arriving here to-day the anti american feeling is rapidly spreading and thousands of americans are in exposed po sitions without means of leaving the coun try protective organizations are being formed among these in case of an attack iu mexico city every outgoing train ls surrounoed by bands ef mexicans shout ing death to the americanos in torreon several hundred americans are marooned and the city is surrounded by rebels in guadalajara aguas cali entes san luis potosi and durango the anti-american feeling is spreading and af fairs are also said to be critical rojas loots juarez bank el paso march 9 general rojas has tooted the juarez branch of the national bank of mexico of 20,000 pesos which re mained ln its vaults this was admitted by fernandez alonso manager of the branch bank to-day the work of opening the vaults began thursday and waa completed last night tke outer door of the vault was wrenched ff with crowbars and the inner doors of the vault dynamited rojas declares that the money belongs to the government and that he is its proper custodian this is denied by alonzo who is a spanish subject most of the funds were removed at thc time the garrison mutinied more troops for border guard washington march 9.-owing to the constant reports of danger from marauding bands of mexicans in the big bend country of texas it was deemed advisable to-day to strengthen the patrolling force in that ection orders were issued to-day for three troops of the third cavalry to pro ceed from san antonio to the border american faces loss of 300,000 in mexico washington d c march 9.â€”fur ther evidence of the alarming condition of affairs iu mexico was laid before the hoube committee ou military affairs to day by george willis scott an ameri can whose mining and ranching interests j iu mexico valued at 5300,000 are threat ! cued with destructiou or confiscation by i the rebels in the absence of residen raft mr j scott appealed to the n .-.-., .,. committee on foreign affairs he described the sit ! uation iu mexico us being one of complete | anarchy and stated that unless troops are i hurried over the border the property of ] every american ln mexico will be de | btroyed mr scott bus appealed in vain to presi dent madero with whom he is well ac quainted to protect his interests orders hurrying two more troops of cav alry to eagle pass where the national mexican railway enters the united states were dispatched to general duncan to-day so bold have mexican banditti operating as insurrectos become that they make daily excursions over the border into amer ican territory where they pillage ranches and rob travelers at will safe in the knowledge that ijnitcd states troops can not pursue them back over the uio grande the statement was made at the war de partment to-day that it will be necessary to guard tlie entire border extending for r-are than ikk miles tvro regimeuts of i err of which the fourth will in all troimliii be one are expected to start i'm the uio giaude within the next few cujs extr a five killed by 500,000 fire in harvester plant walls fall outward and fight ers die spectators injured at winnipeg winnipeg man march 10 pire which started in the warehouse of the interna tional harvester company early this morn ing caused a loss estimated at more than 500,000 and the death of five persons three firemen and two unidentified men a number of onlookers were hurt by fly ing debris when the west wall of the building fell outward trolley wires and city lighting cables were carried down with the wall plunging the district ln darkness Taft gets delegates in new mexico also virginia tennessee president's manager claims rough rider state worried over in diana situation new york march 10.â€”the herald this morning publishes the result of a poll of the united states showing that president Taft is as sured of renominatlon on the first ballot in the Chicago convention the poll gives Taft 593 votes roose velt 277 lafollette 24 cummins 8 leaving 174 in the doubtful column the number needed to nominate is 539 washington d c march 9.â€”man ager mckinley of the Taft forces an nounced to-night that they have corralled the entire new mexico delegation of eight this ls in the rough rider country where the colonel was thought to be particularly strong this Taft victory ln the heart ef the country where it had been persistently al leged he was weak together with the fifth virginia district and second ten nessee district carried to-day raises the total number of delegates already chosen for mr Taft lo 104 declares mcklnley .. mr mcklnley further declared that president Taft was sure of the ninety new york delegates in the roosevelt headqaarters senator dixon called attention to the fact that the lower house of the massachusetts legislature has just passed the presiden tial primary bill this means he said tbat one branch of the legislature bas thrown off the crane machine in michigan he added the lower house passed a similar law the senate still controlled by reactionaries will make lt impossible to hold these presidential primaries within thirty days of the con vention so the primaries wui be held june 8 next with the vote that will be cast for roosevelt that day no delegate from mich igan would dare act against the over whelming voice of the people prophesied dixon to-nigbt i feel sure the entire michigan delegation will vote for roose velt Taft sentiment in ohio is falling accord ing to roosevelt headquarters i m fos ter secretary of the ohio republican state central committee is the latest to join the roosevelt forces it is known tbat the Taft managers are particularly un happy over indiana where the machine is badly shattered former senator hemen way joe kealing former state chairman goodrich former governor durbin and former representative watson are groom ing fairbanks for temporary chairman and also as a compromise should a deadlock develop s one bit of cheer for roosevelt jefferson citi mo march 9 roosevelt leads Taft in the number of in structed delegates elected to-day to the fourteenth missoari congressional district convention gabrielle ray admits ruse says aversion to picture men changed church wedding plans special cable to the examiner london march 9.â€”an aversion for newspaper photographers is now offered by gabrielle ray musical comedy star as an explanation of her failure to appear at st edward's church in windsor on the day set for her marriage to eric loder at the time she feigned illness and said the ceremony wonld not take place before the following week but instead she met loder early the next morning and they plighted their troth and slipped away on their l honeymoon successfully evuding the pic berlin's lord mayor quits special cable to thc examiner â€¢ berlin march 9.â€”k a martin kirsch ner to-day announced his intention of re signing as lord mayor f berlin an office be has occupied since apg he is seventy years of age h two killed it crash on grade crossing another pair narrowly escape death in similar accident one man injured no flagman no gate mandatory ordinance to wipe out menace to life is only relief says owens the dead hyman rosenheim street car conductor darts laborer a passenger the cause failure of railroads entering Chicago to elevate their tracks two men were killed one injured snd two others narrowly escaped death yes terday as the result of two collisions of street cars with railrooad trains running into Chicago on the surface rather thai run their cars bebiud schedule 4 the mo tonnen took chances guessed they could beat the trains and guessed wrongly there ls no flagman at the sixty-third street railroad crossing and there ls no automatic gate to stop traffic at right angles when trains are passing john wunderlich 6941 south throop street was motorman on the westbound sixty-third street car which met the more serious nccident killing two men he was running his car full speed ln order to clear the railroad tracks at south forty-sixth avenue there were two tracks to be passed planned wait between two tracks as i approached the tracks said wun derllch afterward i saw two freight trains coming one was a northbound bal timore & ohio train the other a south bound train of the union transfer railway company i didn't figure that i could beat both of them but there is a space of a hun dred feet or so between the tracks and i thought i could wait ln that space be tween the two trains we passed the northbound train all right and then i found i could not stop quickly enough to keep off the track of the southbound train there was only one thing to do and that is what i did i let the car go at full speed so as to get past both trainsâ€”and i couldn't quite do lt i got the front part over but then i heard a great crash be hind me and i was tossed away from the controller thrown to track and killed wunderlich did not see the rest of what happened the locomotive of the south boa nd train struck the rear of the car where conductor rosenheim was standing talking with the only passenger on the car the car was wrecked and the two men on the rear platform were thrown to the railroad track where they were crushed to death wunderlich himself was injured al though in the front part of the car he was cut on the face and head and right leg but after his injuries had been dressed he was placed under arrest and will be held pending the inquest over the bodies the englewood police also ar rested harry l lane engineer of the union transfer train frank mausolf fire man and c f ploutz conductor Chicago has 175 miles of snrface road bed declared elevation expert owens in commenting on the sixty-third street accident he had not at that time been informed of a second and similar accident at the ffity-second avenue crossing of the Illinois central tracks one hundred and seventy-five miles of roadbedâ€”and that means about twelve hundred miles of trackage it's no wonder that these un fortunate accidents will occur the only thing that can prevent such tragedies is the compulsory elevation of all steam railroad tracks and we have not the legal means at present to make the rail roads do it mandatory ordinance only relief we need a mandatory ordinance noth ing else will be any good the only kind of ordinances we have had on the subject before has beeu the contract ordinance which amounts to nothing more than a proposition made to the railroads by the city that kind of an ordinance can be accepted nr ejected by the railroad com panies : i.tx even if they accept it they still have seven or eight years to comply | with it i the second accident was similar ln char i acter to the first although the result by good fortune did not include loss of life " michael gould motorman on a county traction company car thought he could cross the Illinois central tracks at fifty second avenue ahead of a passeuger train the trolley slipped from the wire and the car stopped on the tracks the rear end of the car colliding with the locomotive the car was wrecked but nobody was hurt be cause there were no passengers on the street car want strike children philadelphia pa march one hundred children of the striking mill work lers of lawrence mass are promised | clamoring foster parents ln philadel phia who wish to care for them until the trouble ln lawrence is over a telegram was received at the headquarters of the socialist party here to-day saying that unless the strike were ended before next | week another detachment wonld be sent ln addition to the forty-nine youngsters cow being cared for ln homes here the children will have opportunity to attend school whtie tmtt j0 all mill wages in mew england go up move to end lawrence strike agreed on at boston state house conference from 5 to 15 per cent 80,000 operatives to benefit by raise conceded by ameri can woolen company boston march !).â€” as a result of the most important conference looking to a settlement of the lawrence textile strike held to-day at ihe state house at the in stance of the legislative ' committee on conciliation it was i creed to advance the wnges of all mill operatives in new eng land to-day's conference was the second meeting nt which agents of the american woolen company and a sub-committee of the industrial workers of the world strike committee nt i.nwrence had met in the presence of the legislative concilia tion committee lt was hoped that the american woolen company would be able to offer such a raise in wages as would induce the strik ers to go lincl to work it was reported that this raise would be from 5 to 15 per cent the average being 7.63 per cent while the advances agreed on to-day hnve not been definitely announced the 5 to 13 per cent increase is generally ac cepted as about the figure decided on the increase will benefit between 20,000 and 22.000 operatives bringing the total number of mill operatives in new england who will participate in higher wages this month up to about 80,000 the lowell ad vance will become effective march 25 and that in salem march 11 the places affected by the increases are fltchburg blackstone maynard saxon ville lawrence lowell haverhill salem colllnsville dracut north andover plymouth methuen franklin uxbridge webster rochdale apd south royalton mass dover lebanon enfield and frank lin n h olneyville manton riverside harrisville and pascoag r l north vas salboro skowhegan fairfield madison dover and old town me burlington and wiuooski vt and moosup conn a committee from boston ls ln lawrence investigating the alleged clubbing of women nnd children at the railroad sta tion february 4 when the police prevent ed the departure of strikers children and lt ls stated that criminal prosecution will be instituted should sufficient evidence be secured congressman edward w town send of new jersey also is in lawrence investigating conditions n y central still lacs ten of eleven trains in Chicago 16 minutes to 1 1-2 hours late following is a record of the arrival of new york central trains in Chicago yes terday lake shore & michigan southekn doe arrired no 6â€”buÂ«Â«lo Â«â€¢* chicÂ»Â«o special 7-jÂ»Â«.m 8:15 m no 9 1..11:'43Â».m 12:45p.m no 15â€”new tork boston â€¢ nd chlmfo 12-^o-p.nu 1:10p.m ua 19â€”lake shore limited 4:00 p.m 4*o p.m uo 23â€”bis four 5:55 p.m 8:25 p.m michigan central due arltrt ho 3â€”fwt mall 8:45 a.m 10:15 a.m no isâ€”new england wol erii,e 5:30p.m 4:15p.m no 17â€”wolverine 3:00p.m i 4.1p.m n 48 12:80 p.m 1 00 p.m w 9â€”chtauto special 11:80 a.m 120 p.m no 28-rÃŸoston-cmoago exp 9:10 p.m 9:80 p.m buj h dim aittrad jje^l blu *â– â– >â– Â»"â€¢ am president taft's thrust at roosevelt's progressiveness in a Chicago speech when we go forward let us be sure that cur progress is genuine and not lustian lst us make certain that we are not preaching hot air president Taft in act of addressing coliseum crowd jeers and rioting end baden-powell speech oregon socialists stampede boy scout meeting and police make arrests pobtland ore march 9.â€”socialists 300 strong broke up the meeting of gen eral baden-powell here to-day and a riot call for the police rushed a score of blue coats to the gypsy smith auditorium where the meeting was held several were arrested buden-powell had heard that opponents here to his boy scout movement were many and he apparently expected trouble he flayed his accusers in the few words which he was able to say before the meet ing broke up in a riot he said the socialist antagonism to the boy scout movement ln the west is founded on lack of knowledge as to the purpose of the movement william watson the noted socialist publicist has asserted that whatever the boy scout proposition may be it certainly ls not antagonistic to so cialism jeers broke up the meeting kubelik finds an amati musician buys old violin in detroit discarded by orchestra player detjjoit mich march 9.â€”john steen a dealer ln antiques and curios stated to-day that when jan kubellk was here a fortnight ago he had sold him an amntl violin made in 1680 for 3,600 the in strument wau one recently discarded by hani welssn ann of the new york sym phony otrlicr.ra weisimann gave lt to a friend to dltpose of the latter sold lt to btwn for 25 hteen dlaoorered a piece ef wood glued on the inside deadening its one he removed thia and the violin mi perfeot i roosevelt decides to stump the nation will visit Illinois ohio and other states replying to Taft speeches oyster bay n y march 9.â€”colonel roosevelt will take the stump shortly to whoop up his campaign he made the de cision to-day after having thought over a telegram sent by governor stubbs of kan sas in which the urgency of a speech making tour was impressed the governor told colonel roosevelt that there are 1,000,000 voters in the western states who are maintaining a passive at titude in the campaign if the colonel goes out and stirs tbiugs up the governor promised he would swing these uncertain ones into line i have made up my mind that i shall have to make some speeches said colo nel roosevelt to-night i had hoped i could keep out of it tâ„¢t they are press ing me hard i don't know yet where i shall go or when i shall start but lt will be soon the colonel's managers particularly de sire him to speak in Illinois indiana michigan kansas pennsylvania and the new england states the ei-presldent will not overlook ohio but will take oc casion to reply in more than one speech there to president taft's attack yesterday on the roosevelt campaign issues \ the colonel will devote much energy on his speechmnking trip to the direct primary proposition i believe that if we had the direct pri maries we would without question win this flght he said to-night carnegie's doctor called new york march 9.â€”dr james ross a scotch surgeon who has attended an drew carnegie nt skiho castle arrived to day on the mauretania he said he was going ln response to an invitation by ca ble to see mr carnegie at hot springs ark dr host declined to discuss mr carnegie's health he said his visit to mr carnegie might be described as more of a friendly thin of a professional nature at mr carnerle'ii home to-night it was aid that he was offering from lumbago but wee getting ji nicely am . roosevelt doctrine a peril Taft declares recall of decisions would pro duce results which are beginnings and manifes tations of desdotism administration which has been successfully progres sive entitled to approval of people he says in speech attack on extremists is made before swedish american league thous ands hear executive in day such a government would lack in uniformity of law which is essential in justice and would produco that confusion and those exceptions in the application o law which are the be ginning and manifestation of despot ism the most abiding compliment which can be paid to the american ' people is to point to the fact that in the constitution which they framed and have maintained they have rec ognized the danger of hasty action and in checks and balances main tained a protection against it william howard Taft president of the united states paid his respects to theo dore roosevelt and defined and defended his own position iu the political struggle now under way in the republican party in the above words spoken last night at the banquet of the swedish-american re publican league at the congress hotel president Taft did not at any time call former president roosevelt by name he called him my distinguished predecessor nor did he in so many words intimate that the big stick is a despot but he did declare vigorously thnt the recallof judl â€¢ cial decisions advocnted by colonel roose velt marks the beginning and manifesta tion of despotism progressive is as progressive does said he and an administration which has been successfully progressive in deeds is entitled to the approval of the people king gustaf sends message a surprise was sprung upon president Taft and the officers of the swedish american republican league in the mid die of the dinner by the charge d'affaires of the swedish legation at washington w a f ekengren who sat at the table of honor four seats away from the presi dent as president Taft finished his speech the acting swedish minister rose and said he had something not on the programme in the shape of an autograph message frora king gustaf of sweden which be begged permission of i'resident Taft to read to the assembly president Taft bowed and smiled his as sent and minister ekengren read the fol lowing it is with great pleasure that i learn that so many american citizens of swed ish origin are assembled to commemorate this day on which fifty years ago the genius of a son of my country contributed to the welfare of the american people and to the cause of freedom feels glad and proud i see in the fact that the president of the united states honors your assembly with his presence a proof of the esteem and sympathy that the swedish name has won in america i need not say how glad and proud i feel on that account with these sentiments i send the swedish-americans of Chicago my friendly greetings on this memorable day gustay there was a storm of applause from the 1,100 guests present during which president Taft advanced from his seat shook the swedish minister's hand with effusion and said i am very much pleased accept my best thanks takes long breath here when i come to Chicago i always take a long breath and never let lt out until i get away said president Taft yesterday aa an example of sheer strenuositj president Taft who arrived in chlcsja yesterday morning at 7:40 and closed ms last reception before midnight will stand out in political history as a genuine pace raker he was constantly ln action fu attend ed fonr receptions and one mass eieeting m Chicago and vicinity â€” fair y and somewhat warmer sunday mon xc^pÃŸj \ t-'ay increasing cloudiness light to i?ef ' moderate winds becoming southerly 77 kange of temperatures yesterday mstf highest 38 irj lowest 17 arerage 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